The strategies shared in the Dawn of the Wilderness guide are all techniques that can be implemented at the beginning of the game. Since survival is the main focus here, you should prepare a solid foundation for your later survival right from the start. First, unlock the Ouroboros teleportation point, then follow the survival guide to head to the watchtower and use the telescope to expand your view. Next, quickly descend to the ground using the zipline nearby, which will give you a great starting point.
From the very beginning, find a suitable place near your spawn point to establish your home and complete the survival guide tasks. Then, head directly to the two nearby treasure chest locations and the entrance to the Ouroboros maze. The first time you open the treasure chests on the map, they will provide materials for expanding your backpack, so remember to collect these experience points. In the Ouroboros maze, you can find valuable items; once placed at home, you can freely teleport between Ouroboros points on the map or those built with friends.
After collecting these items, go to Windsor Town to unlock the Ouroboros there. This not only gives you more experience points but also allows you to enter the nearby Dark Forest to gain some experience before returning. As your experience gradually accumulates, the shop will unlock, allowing you to purchase items like tranquilizer arrows. If you encounter pets of different colors on the way, remember to capture them, ensuring you have at least one pet of purple quality. After catching a pet, settle it at home.
For animals like deer, pigs, and wolves, you can use two tranquilizer arrows to capture them, while rabbits require just one. However, note that birds will die immediately, and bees are immune to tranquilizers, so you need to use traps to catch them. Upgrading your pets unlocks pet traits, and it's recommended to prioritize capturing pigs to unlock the wood-breaking trait, as in this version, the backstabbing Tianji skill mainly relies on pigs crashing into trees to level up. Afterward, simply follow the survival guide to continue progressing.
At the start of the game, you can enhance your equipment at will, and it's suggested to choose golden weapons for refinement and infusion. For gear, it's recommended to wear heavy armor initially, as it has high defense but is also quite heavy. When overburdened, you cannot perform long-distance rolls; you can remove the negative effects by clicking on the weight attribute. It's highly recommended to max out the invincibility duration during rolls. As for the method of capturing the Devouring Paper, after summoning it, throw a piece of meat on the ground, wait for it to consume it, and then guide it within your territory to absorb it.
Additionally, the house you build at the start of the game serves a significant purpose. Your territory can be recycled as a whole. When facing monsters that are too strong, you can place your territory at a higher position. While inside the house, you can use a bow and arrow to kill enemies from a distance. For pet choices, the mangrove forest north of the south shore of Wovvi Forest is a good location for capturing, especially boars, as their purple or higher quality individuals are particularly worth catching. These boars have a chance to develop the wood-breaking charge skill during the upgrade process, making pig tree collisions an effective fast leveling method in the early stages of the game.
However, it's important to note that boar pets have two drawbacks: one is that their skills consume a lot of satiety, and the other is that they do not jump. Next, you'll face the Southern Island Mine dungeon. Upon entering this dungeon, you'll see a stone; do not step on it, or you'll fall down and have to fight many monsters and walk a long way back. To avoid this, you can choose to go around the edge, saving a lot of time. Do not fall into the pit.
Another dungeon is where the Stone Giant resides. In fact, you can defeat it without taking damage by simply climbing the mountain, even if you're alone. Here, a very useful item is the jar, which comes in four elements: fire, electricity, ice, and dark. However, most bosses in the early stages are vulnerable to fire damage, so buying a fire jar can handle most situations, and it deals high damage. Since your damage output may be insufficient in the early stages, making it hard to deal with many wild monsters, here are some tactics to recommend.
Firstly, the "return home" strategy, such as with bears on the snowfield, which move fast and deal high damage, making them difficult to pull and handle. You can set up your home nearby, lure the bear home, and defeat it without taking damage. Secondly, the "ladder setup" strategy, by building ladders so that wild monsters cannot attack you, allowing you to attack from above. The Night Knight in the Dark Forest is difficult to deal with if you only have a blue bow, but the aforementioned methods are still effective. Additionally, you can use fire jars, throwing a few to kill the target. For players who don't want to spend too much bound gold, this conservative tactic is also very practical.
The above content is the sharing of the Dawn of the Wilderness guide. It not only recommends pets that can be obtained in the early stages but also tells you how to tackle the two dungeons encountered in the early stages. Of course, before doing all of this, make sure to build your home as soon as possible.
